Van Wyck Expressway & 102nd Avenue

Van Wyck Expressway and 102nd Avenue meet at a three-way junction in South Richmond Hill, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. In 2025, 395 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Salvation Tabernacle Church is 810 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 101 Av/Van WYCK Expwy, is 300 feet away for the Q8, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, five of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

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Van Wyck Expressway & 102nd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 101 Av/Van WYCK Expwy, 300 feet away, for the Q8.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 101 Av/Van WYCK Expwy Q8
    300 feet
    Q8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 840 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 137-17 Liberty Avenue Gas station
    900 feet
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2020.

In 2025, 395 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,323rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 73 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11419
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Richmond Hill
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Van Wyck Expressway

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of Van Wyck Expressway

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. TLC Spirit Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Salvation Tabernacle Church House of worship
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Apna Bazar Farmers Market Supermarket
    970 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,310 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.